Velox Tweak Available now in Cydia for $1.99

Velox, one of the most anticipated Cydia tweaks of recent memory, is now available in the Cydia store (Jailbroken iOS devices only) for $1.99. So what does Velox do?

Velox brings a new way to interact with your iOS device by allowing you to swipe on certain apps to view notifications, obtain information or to perform certain actions without opening the app. How it interacts with each app is different; with most apps having just displaying notifications while other provide interaction with the app. Velox opens what its developer calls "a folder". You can interact with the information displayed within folder.

The most obvious question is why do I need it? Or why not just open the app itself and do the same actions? Good questions! The quick answer is that using Velox to display the content does so without requiring the app to open and more importantly does NOT stay open in the background long after you obtain the information or action you sought. Normally when you open an app in iOS, the app remains open until you double press the Home button, press and hold the icon to get it in wiggle mode before displaying the "X" so that you can tap the "X" to close the app. You have to repeat the "X" tapping to close each app separately. This is crazy. If you could perform the same action and not keep app running, would that be wonderful? For some of us, the answer is yes. Velox does this; well for some actions.

So what types of actions are available in a folder view? 

iMessage: View the entire SMS or iMessage messages (not summaries), remove the messages from the folder, click to reply to any message shown or compose a new message. The developer say these are all done at the Springboard (the place where the app icons display), but this is true for everything mentioned except replying to a message. The developer must have missed this, because when you tap a message to reply; the iMessages app launches instead of the popover dialog box that appears when a new message is composed from the folder view. I am sure the developer will fix this soon.

Photo: Presents icons that allow you to send the very last picture in your camera roll to your Twitter or Facebook account without selecting the picture. You can also attach it to an email or copy it to the clipboard to pasted into any app that supports pasting.

Mail: Swipe up or down to display a list of recent mail messages. The notification can be swiped to the left to clear the notification. It can be swiped to the right to reply to the message. Again, the reply requires the Mail app to launch, but at least it is reply mode and ready for you to draft your reply. 

The Gmail mail app looks similar in appearance, but the reply to email function is not available. This is the normal behavior for any "unsupported" app. Again, the app has to support notifications and they have to be turned on in the Setting app first.

Notes: Produces a ready to write "New Note" popup screen that allows to type and then save the note.

Phone: Displays a list of recent calls with a phone icon and a "three dot icon" when links to the SMS/iMessage for that caller. Tapping the three dots opens the iMessaging app. Tapping the phone icon does nothing. The developer advertises that it should call the person on the list, but it does not (yet); another oversight on the developers part.

Contacts: Provides a list of contacts with a search box and alphabet slider to allow you find your contacts. 

Music (or iPod):  Swipe to pull up quick access to music controls: Play\Pause; Previous song and Next song. You can also launch the Music app from here if you like. A slider exists to allow you to skip to any part of the music. Album art is shown with the artist, song and album name.

Weather: Swipe up or down to see weather. This also exists in the notifications area, so this is not much of a convenience, except for not having to reach so high up on the screen.

Reminders: Shows a list of reminders, but also shows reminders that are marked as completed. At least it shows an indicator that the reminders are active (dot) or completed (check mark).

Settings: Provides icons for quickly toggling settings like WiFi, Bluetooth, Location, Airplane mode, Mute, Rotation Locking, etc.

The main thing to understand about this tweak is that you have to have notification turned on within the Settings app to allow this tweak to do its thing. If you are like me and have most notification turned off, then you will have to turn some of them on to benefit from this tweak.

This tweak may not play well with some of your other tweaks, so be cautious. The developer is aware of some of the issues prior to releasing the app. The fix may require both tweak developers to communicate and take action, so it may be a matter of hours, days, months or later for some of them to be resolved; so be advised and/or patient.

The developer did not properly beta test the product before launching it. The developer made the tweak available only to a very small list of people instead of a larger test group. Many of these issues would have been found had the developer done its due diligence.

Some have gone so far to say that this is the "best tweak ever". I would not go so far, even if it hadn't had the issues that it was released with. It is just a matte of preference; I would put a few apps or tweaks way above this one on the list of  best Cydia tweaks: Springtomize, SBSettings, and FolderEnhancer (just to name a few). This tweak is definitively worth the $1.99, but I would say wait a few days to a week to get it unless you are ready to have your iOS device be unstable. This would be my advice for any new Cydia tweak or Cydia tweak; especially one that has not have a valid beta test period. 

Update 05/06/13: The troubles I described above are mainly due to the FolderEnhancer tweak compatibility that both developers are aware of. Watch the video below that shows everything working as advertised (except for the camera icon).




Here is description from the developer:

Velox - TheBigBoss.org - iPhone software, apps, games, accesories, ringtones, themes, reviews

Compatible with iOS 6.0 - 6.1.2
Not compatible with iPad yet, this is being worked on.

Velox brings a new way to interact with your iDevice's apps to view notifications and more. With a single swipe up or down on an app you will invoke a folder containing new notifications pertaining to the app right on your home screen. Within the folder tap to view the notification, swipe to the left to dismiss that notification or pull down and you clear them all. Velox goes a step further with some native apps.

* iMessage. Swipe up or down, tap on "Compose new message" and you can send a "quick message".
You can also reply to a message you received, right from the springboard.

* Mail. Invoke Velox, see all your unread mail in a folder. Swipe left to dismiss that email but with a swipe to the right send a "quick reply" or tap compose new to send off a new email to tell your friends how awesome Velox is.

* Photos. Do "the Velox swipe", and you can post the last photo saved on Twitter or Facebook, send it in an eMail or copy it the clipboard to for example send via an iMessage

* Notes. Velox swipe, and you can write a new note on your home screen.

* Phone. See a list of missed calls and text or call them right back from the folder.

* Calendar. Have a quick look at your upcoming events, tap on an event to see the details for that event.

* Weather. Do "the Velox slide" and you're looking at your location's weather for the day. Just a swipe to the left or right and you can filter though all of your saved locations.

* Settings. You'll have instant access to some of the main settings for your iDevice: Bluetooth, WiFi, Airplane Mode, Rotation Lock, Respring, Data, Mute, Location Services, DND and Flash.

* iPod. Quick swipe and you can start your tunes rocking, skip back and forth, pause and scrub through your tracks right from your home screen. Don't forget a tap on the album art and drop right inside your music collection. Also! works with any app that plays music, like Spotify, TuneIn etc.

* Camera. Take a photo or video from your home screen, directly save it to your camera roll

* Safari. Invoke Velox and you can browse to any website that you need to from the home screen.

* Downloads. Swipe on an app that is downloading and you see the download progress bar in the "Velox style" along with the progress in percent

Please don't be an "oyk," pay for it. The devs and designer need to buy their energy drinks and sweets to bring you the updates that we have started to work on.

Velox is compatible with these: Auxo, Zephyr, Abstergo, infinifolders, BiteSMS, Springtomize 2 and many others. Currently we know that the following are NOT compatible with Velox: SBRotator or FolderCloser.
We are working on getting Velox to play nice with them.

Developed by Benno & Daniel designed by Steve making up Team Apex.

Configure options from Settings app.

Streaming Podcasts via the Stitcher Radio on iOS

A listener of the Today in iOS podcast asked about the best app to stream podcasts. The app that immediately come to mind, because I use it daily and I was actually using it to listen to the Today in iOS podcast from which the caller asked the question, is the Stitcher app. I am heavy podcast listener; however, I have not downloaded a podcast in a while. Since my iPhone 4S days, I only streamed podcasts using the free app - Stitcher Radio. Stitcher streams just as well on the 3G, 4G, LTE or WIFI networks.

Stitcher allows you to mark podcasts as favorites or create playlists for your podcasts. It is called Stitcher because it stitches your list of podcasts together to create your own personal radio station. It doesn't matter whether the podcast is a daily, weekly, monthly or whenever they get a chance to update the podcast show, Stitcher will play the next available podcast with the newest content. You can place the shows in the order that you desire, so you can place the daily shows at the top so that you get the latest content first. The longer you listen to your personal show, the older content will play eventually play. You can jump to any show or even a particular episode of any show at anytime.

You can get recommended shows that are similar to the shows that you are listening to or have saved as favorites or in your playlists. So this feature allows you to find content that you may never know about if you were just listening to podcasts in the Apple Podcast app.

Additionally, they have a channel called "Smart Station" that will automatically add shows to this smart station based on your thumb ups and thumb downs.

Lastly, They even have live radio stations that allows you to listen to live radio stations that are near your location or via category based selections like talk, sports, music or location.

I love this app and I listen to it twice daily; in the morning as I head to work and again or the return trip home. My car has a Bluetooth enable radio and I love streaming it into the car's stereo system, but mostly I enjoy it via my LH HBS700 Bluetooth headset, Jambone JamBOX Bluetooth speaker or BOSE QuietComfort 15 wired headphones.

Stitcher is available in the Appstore for the iPad and the iPhone.
Thanks,

Carl W. Brooks
http://www.iamthereforeipad.com

Auxo Tweak Coming To iPad Next Month

Great news for iPad users who are missing the popular Auxo jailbreak tweak on their tablet devices. Today the developer behind this awesome and popular jailbreak tweak has just announced that Auxo jailbreak tweak will be coming for iPad next month.

While I always thought Auxo looked great on the iPhone 5′s larger screen, I’d imagine it will look even better on the iPad. The screenshot above pretty much says as much.

Auxo brings a completely re-imagined take on the iOS task switcher. Conceptualized & Designed by Sentry (with inspiration from Lorand Koncz) Coded & Developed by Jack Willis (with assistance from Jamie D.)

For the App Switcher, Auxo replaces the standard icon view with versatile app cards. Along with being able to preview each app, you can also swipe them down to remove. You can even remove more than one app by using multiple fingers! If you want to remove all your apps in one swoop, simply tap and hold on an app to bring up Auxo’s custom switcher-prompt. Hit yes, and your switcher is completely empty.

The redesigned Playback page not only improves the audio controls, but gives you more information about what’s currently playing as well. Just tap on the album art icon to pop up a full-size version of the artwork. You can also access a volume slider by swiping up within the switcher.

Lastly, the Toggles page gives you access to various system shortcuts, saving you from a trip to the Settings app! You’ll find Auxo’s toggles directly above the brightness slider. Simply swipe up and down to switch between the two rows of toggles. You can also tap and hold on any toggle to jump right into its dedicated Settings pane.

Until now we don't have a specific ETA for the tweak's release for the iPad but it’s fairly safe to say that it will be out sometime in May. Of course, I will have a full in-depth preview of the tweak as it nears release. Stay tuned. An

Facebook's Chatheads Available on iOS

When Facebook announced its HTC First phone and the Home software, it also released a feature called Chatheads. Chatheads allows you to navigate the Facebook app on your Smartphone without losing track of the conversations you are having with family and friends.

When you start or continue messaging conversation, the profile picture of the other people become round circles that contain the head of the person you are chatting with; thus the name Chathead. You can open many Chatheads and they will stack on top of each other until a new message is received or you click on the heads.

Facebook has now updated the iOS versions of its Facebook app to include the Chatheads.

iCloud Backup Warning Dialog Problem

Has anyone ever seen this issue?

The iPad suddenly appears with the following message, but will not close when the "OK" button is pressed. 

iCloud Backup

This iPad hadn't been backed up in five weeks. Backups happen when this iPad is plugged in, locked, and connected to Wi-Fi.

This has happened to a coworker's iPad twice now. Once in march and today. 

When it happens, I have to hold down both buttons to reboot the device before the iPad can be used. 

iSteve is available for watching online

There are a couple of movies scheduled to be released this year about the life and times of Steve Jobs. They have yet to be made available.

Comedy web site Funny or Die released its satirical movie about Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs, called iSteve. It is the first movie to be released this year about Steve Jobs and is made to be silly and fun.
The movie is available as a free stream via the Funny or Die web site.

Directed by Ryan Perez, iSteve stars Justin Long of Dodgeball and Jeepers Creepers fame, who portrays Steve Jobs. If you hadn't seen those two movies, you might remember the actor thanks to his amusing depiction of the Mac computer in Apple’s Mac vs. PC commercials. .

Other roles include Lost‘s Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak, James Urbaniak as Bill Gates and Michaela Watkins playing Melinda Gate.

Check out the trailer on YouTube.

iSteve runs one hour and eighteen minutes long, nearly as long as an regular feature-length flick. This is Funny or Die’s longest video project.

The film is not intended to be taken serious and has some very funny moments. It will probably piss off some Apple and Microsoft fan boys. I am not sure if it has a rating letter applied, but it would probably be rated "R" due to language and virtual sex simulations.

Watch the entire online iSteve movie here on the Funny or Die website.

If you had the time to sit through the whole thing, what was your impression about iSteve? I loved the bit when young Bill Gates is pounding at the computer with a hammer; a real computer genius at work! LOL!!

Velox - One of the most anticipated Cydia Tweaks to Launch soon

Once in a while, there are jailbreak tweaks that warrant the community's attention even those that are yet to be released.

Some of these special cases are when a certain well-known developer is working on something new or the Cydia tweak or app is simply cool In its own right. This was certainly the case with a previous hit tweak called Auxo.

Now, we have another tweak that I know most of you will love to keep on your radar. The name of this yet to be released tweak is Velox.



Velox will allow you to gesture on an application's icon to pull down a special hidden folder that will get you access to notifications and even app functions.

For instance, pulling down on the Settings app will provide toggles for Bluetooth, Wifi, etc. While gesturing on the Messaging app show will recent SMS message or allow you to send a message.

While these actions by themselves may not seem all that fascinating to the passerby, it really is a great step forward in improving the iOS interface which is in a real need of a facelift. The visuals and design of the Velox interface is very promising.

Every since Jeff, over at http://www.idownloadblog.com, put up the YouTube video, the Jailbreak world has been anticipating Velox's arrival into the Cydia store. Looks like we have just a few more days to wait.

The Velox tweak is now available. Read my review and watch my video of it in action.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Take Faster Photos And Videos With Cydia Tweak QuickShoot Pro

One of the best Cydia tweak, QuickShoot Pro was launched recently that enables you to speedily capture images or video clips by setting up Activator activities or by double tapping the built-in camera application’s icon to capture a picture or triple tapping the camera icon for video capture. If you have ever skipped out on a precious moment because you were too slow taking an image or capturing a video, then you must have this tweak.

Once you install the QuickShoot Pro tweak from Cydia, it will be enabled by default and you can test it out by double tapping the default camera application’s icon. An animation will be displayed within the camera application's icon to signal that the photo capture is occurring and has completed. The captured image will be taken and stored to your photo application camera roll area instantly, without having to launch the Camera application.

 

 When the camera app is triple tapped, the iPhone will immediately start capturing video. The camera icon will display a blinking red "recording" indicator until the icon is triple tapped to cease recording. Whether you are capturing images or videos, the front or rear camera will be used based on the option you choose in the default Setting application. There is no application icon for QuickShoot Pro because it is a tweak; not an application.

The QuickShoot Pro Cydia tweak has a few configuration option that you can set up from the Settings application that contains the capability to activate the front side or rear camera, you can adjust the video quality, turn flash on or off, enable HDR, enable Anti-Blur or set Image and Video capture shortcuts. If you do not like the standard double tap to capture a picture in a fast way, then you can choose another Activator method to take images and additionally another Activator activity for capturing video.

Then you can also set an Activator action to bring up a fast options window anywhere in iOS that enables you to quickly toggle the HDR, Flash and camera choice. You can also assign any other application icon to the dual tap functions: double tap to take a picture and triple tap to capture video. So you can make the Safari, Weather or any other icon perform these same functions.

One nice feature is while video and audio is being captured from either camera, you can put the iPhone to sleep (turn screen off by tapping the power button) and the video will continue to be captured. The video will record regardless of whether the phone is locked with a passcode or not. Wake up the iPhone or unlock the screen and double tap the icon used to start recording to end it. Remember you can tell which icon is recording because of the blinking red "recording" light on the icon. So you can take video without the screen on. If you setup an Activator method using a hardware activator like the volume buttons, mute switch, power button, or home button, you can capture images or video without ever waking up your iPhone or unlocking it at all.

There are some things you should be aware of or even cautious of. No matter how you activate QuickShoot Pro, it does not display what you are capturing on the screen. As a result, you are capturing photos and videos blindly. At capture time, there is no way to know whether you are capturing from the front camera or the rear camera. Using the fast option via the Activator method, you can see what the current options for HDR, Flash and camera view. You can have a problem if you forget you are recording with the device screen turn off or capture too much video and run out of disk space. Video recording take up a lot of disk space, so always be aware of how much you have free before capturing video.

QuickShoot Pro is a fantastic Cydia tweak that you install form Cydia. It is available in the default BigBoss repo for a cost of $0.99. Using a hacked version from another repo will result in the QuickShoot Pro not working.

Download QuickShoot Pro

Watch my video on YouTube.




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Alan Kay, godfather of mobile computing, bashes the iPad

On Mar 27, 2013, at 4:48 PM, mary wrote:

In a later interview with TabTimes, Kay said personal computers should be designed like an architect designs a house, as a place where people are going to spend a lot of time and different people can exist there.

http://tabtimes.com/feature/ittech-os-ipad-ios/2013/03/27/alan-kay-godfather-mobile-computing-bashes-ipad

Kay obviously don't own an iPad; otherwise, he would know that people who uses an iPad often spend a lot of time with it.

Regarding the "different people can exist there", he is right about that. The iPad should allow multiple users to use it better, but that creates some unique challenges too.

Because most owners of an iPad spend a lot of time on the device, it allows little room for others to use it.  Most people who I know, with an iPad, have trouble sharing it.  The second person end up having to get their own iPad.

One challenge is storage. Except for the new 128GB iPad, most people don't have enough storage to allow every user to store their photos, music or movies.

The software would have to work like the match service that Apple runs. If while on my profile, I attempt to download a song to the storage that already exists on another profile, the OS would have to know that and know not to add the song again, but rather allow me access to the existing song. If one of us deletes the song, it would need to stay available for the other user(s). This would have to be done for other types of storage hogs like movies, videos, photo and even apps.

Some apps like Plants and Zombies allow multiple users to have and maintain their own stats, but it does not prevent the other users' info from being accessed or altered.  In a multiuser tablet environment, the OS would have to provide protection of user data.

Then you would have to have superusers. What if it was my iPad, but my kids have all of the storage used up with their junk. Should I be able to delete some to regain space?  Are tablet makers wrong or have they simple recreated the "personal computer" where is is not personal because you can personalize it, but rather because it is truly a "personal" device intended to be used personally by one person?

Thanks,

Carl W. Brooks
http://www.iamthereforeipad.com

Harlem Shake: How to get your iOS Device to do the Harlem Shake

Whether you love it (like me and my daughter) or hate it (like my wife), the Harlem Shake still hasn't lost much of its momentum after more than a month after it went viral on the World Wide Web (I know you just call it the "Internet" now).

When it first came out, I went to much effort to make my iPad 1 Homescreen perform the Harlem Shake. It was labor intensive. It has now become so easy that anyone with a Jailbroken iOS device can do it in a matter of minutes.

The Harlem Shake tweak is available in the BigBoss or default source, making your springboard or lockscreen able to go crazy as quickly as possible.

So how do you make your springboard or lockscreen icons do the Harlem Shake?

Watch my Youtube video or read the written instruction below.






Here’s how to install “Harlem Shake” for your Springboard

Open Cydia

Search for Harlem Shake and click install

(This tweak is available from the BigBoss repo that is installed by default in Cydia)














Confirm the install.















Restart the SpringBoard












Now, open Activator. (if you haven’t got it, download it from Cydia)














Since you can set this up to perform at both the Home Screen and the Lock Screen.
You have to setup activations for both. Let's do the Home Screen first.

Tap on ‘At Home Screen’













Choose an activator method. I didn't choose ‘Shake’ because you will often be at the Home Screen and you don't want it doing the Harlem Shake when you don't want it to.

I chose the "Volume Buttons" activation instead. Specifically, I chose the "Both Press" option.













The "Both Press" activation is currently "unassigned"
Choose "Harlem Shake" from the list to assign it.













Now we have to setup the Lock Screen activation. Tap the previous menu option (upper left) twice to return to the main Activator screen.

Choose "At Lock Screen" this time.














Choose an activator method. Scroll down and select ‘Shake Device’ (it’s the Harlem Shake after all!)















The "Shake Device" activation is currently "unassigned"
Choose "Harlem Shake" from the list to assign it.















Close the Settings app.

That’s it! All you’ve got to do is shake the iPhone when it’s on the lock screen and press both the Up Volume button and Down Volume button at the same time from the Home Screen to have your Harlem Shake begin.

Now sit back and watch as the app icons go crazy and do the Harlem Shake for you – complete with the original music blasting from the speakers.

Note: This Harlem Shake performance done from the Springboard and Lock Screen will drain your iOS device's battery if you perform it too much.

Robocat's Kickstarter campaign for Thermodo

Robocat, maker of the three iOS weather apps Haze, Outside, and Thermo, had launched a Kickstarter campaign for Thermodo, a physical thermometer that integrates with the iPhone.
While a thermometer for iOS sounds pretty clever, I believe it has some hurdles to jump in addition to getting funded. Thermodo is a tiny dongle that hangs on your keychain and plugs into the iPhone’s headphone jack.

The Kickstarter page states:

"Simply plug Thermodo into your device and start the companion app or any other Thermodo enabled apps of your choice. The temperature reading takes place instantly. Thermodo is powered by your device. No external power is required, it can even run in the background while you do important stuff."

With Robocat's own weather apps and the many other competing apps, why make Thermodo?

The Kickstarter page states:

“The reason we made this hardware actually came from the users,” Robocat told Cult of Mac. “We often got 1-star reviews from users that complain that the temperature data is incorrect or that Thermo doesn’t work indoors. So we are trying to solve this issue with a hardware module. With Thermodo they will get accurate temperature readings from where they are. It’s also just really exciting to work with hardware that can communicate with the mobile devices in a creative way.”

The software is where the magic will really happen for Thermodo. You’ll be able to quickly measure the temperature indoors and outdoors. The dongle will let you track the temperature and see how it rises and falls throughout the day. No network connection is required.

Thermodo will work with Haze and Thermo, and Robotcat will have a SDK available for developers to add support for their weather apps. The idea is that you will have a miniature weather station with you at all times.

My concern is that you will have conflicting temperatures to deal with. Let's say it is 15 degrees outside here in Detroit, but I am in my car with the temperature set at 75 degrees. What is the temperature that I want my phone to report? The external or internal temperature? I contend that you will vary on this, but the man thing is both. My biggest issue is just why? Why do I want to know the exact temperature of my immediate environment? Why would the majority of people want to know this? I am quite sure there are many specialized professions and individuals that will require this, but are there enough to justify this product? Time will tell.
Here is Robocat's Kickstarter page.

Chrome for iOS Updated BUT it is broken on Jailbroken iOS devices (FIX)

The Chrome team happily announced Chrome 25 for iPhone and iPad. Chrome 25.0.1364.86 contains a number of improvements including:

• Long press on the back button to quickly access any page in your tab history
• Share a web page via Messages

Along with these new features, over the coming days they hope to make searching on Google even easier:
- See your search term right in the omnibox, instead of the search query URL
- Easily refine your search queries and view more results on the search results page

The update rolled out in the App Store over the last three days, but none of us iOS users have been able to use the app since. The Chrome app crashes within seconds of launching.

Well I thought that it happened for everyone, but it is just the Jailbroken iOS devices that have this problem.

This happens on all Jailbroken iOS device types; whether your device is a jailbroken iPod Touch, iPad or iPhone. Hopefully Google will resolve this and hopefully Apple will quickly approve the fixed product and get it in the AppStore quickly.

But until they do, you must do the following to allow Chrome to work again.

VIDEO: Fix for Chrome Crashing on Jailbroken iOS Devices

1. Uninstall the Chrome app
2. Download the Chrome app
3. Launch the Chrome app
4. Check the box to agree to "send automatic usage reports and crash reports" to Google
5. Click accept and continue button

WTF! Why is Google specifically targeting Jailbroken iOS devices with this release? If your device is NOT Jailbroken, you so not have to agree to the usage and crash report in order for the app to run.

Why would Google force Jailbroken devices to send this information? Are they interested in the browsing habits of Jailbreak users or are they able to gather other information via the crash report like what is on your device? This is very curious.

Siri, "I don't see an app named"

Every since updated my iPhone 5 and iPad 3 to iOS 6.1.2, Siri will not launch any apps except Apple own. After every other request, Siri replieswith the  response, "I don't see an app named". 

Can someone on iOS 6.1.2, please 

try to open a non-Apple app with Siri. 

Please report your results. 

Carl W. Brooks

http://www.iamthereforeipad.com

—
Sent from Mailbox for iPhone

Gridlee Finally Removed from AppStore

If you were fortunate enough to get a copy of Gridlee, be sure to check out my Gridlee instructional post to get the best use of it.

We knew it was just a matter of time before Apple pulled the Gridlee app from it's U.S. AppStore. Gridlee was submitted to the AppStore on January 25 2013 and lasted just over a month before it was removed.

The Gridlee game got immediate attention from the gamers who suspected that the game had more to offer because the Gridlee game sucked. The game was all the rave, not for the game Gridlee, but for what games it allow you to add to the app.



The game was a mame, similar to the iMame app that had previously added and removed from the AppStore in 2011. The mame allowed older arcade games' ROM (read only memory) to be played if it was added to a folder called ROMs in the document folder of the Gridlee game. Many sites posted videos and wrote instructions on how to add these ROMs to the game. The nice thing was that it did not require the device to be Jailbroken at all. I enjoyed playing the non-Gridlee games on the Gridlee app; especially with my new iCade iPad cabinet.

The blogs that covered iOS and Apple products immediately posted stories that Apple would pull the plug in the game within days. After weeks went by, some began to suspect and even report that the game must comply with the Apple AppStore submission guidelines or the person responsible for monitoring such activity was on vacation.

Apparently the person was on vacation and has returned, because as of March 2, 2013 the Gridlee app is no longer available for download.

So now, the only way to enjoy your arcade ROMs is to jailbreak using evasi0n and use an app like iMame4all. At least with iMame4All, you can use your Wii controller to play your games.

Mailbox - give me some skin; on the Gmail side

You may have hear of the new Mailbox app for the iPhone. I am looking forward to using it soon.  

Fly through your email.

We redesigned the inbox to make email light, fast, and mobile-friendly. Quickly swipe messages to your archive or trash. Scan an entire conversation at once with chat-like organization. Snooze emails until later with the tap of a button.

It's a whole new inbox.

Modern tech for an 

ancient medium.

Designed 30 years ago, traditional email transmission is clunky and slow. To make delivery as fast as possible, Mailbox checks your email from the cloud, then delivers it to your phone securely. You can even get push notifications for new messages.

Put it off until tomorrow. 

Or this weekend. 

Or someday.

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I did have a quarter of a million people in front of me. 

Getting closer now. 

After using it for a while, here are my findings:

Pros

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 - Slide to prioritize emails 

 - Multiple Accounts

 - Awesome Threaded messaging with full message viewing within the thread

 - Ability to delete entire thread while inside the thread

 - Slide to close open message

 - Ability to create and add to lists

Cons

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 - Works with Gmail accounts only

 - No landscape viewing of emails

 - No access to other "Folders" or Filters

 - No separate signatures per account

 - Shake to undo/redo doesn't work

 - Can't use Siri to speak and create an email

 - No multiple message management

 - Cannot select a portion of text in an open message to have the reply include only that portion of text. 

Thanks,

Carl W. Brooks

Check out my iPad/iOS/Mac technology website

http://www.iamthereforeipad.com

Apple CEO Tim Speaks At Today at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Interactive Conference

Apple CEO Tim Cook will speak live Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Interactive Conference. Audio from his speech will be streamed live at Apple's investor website. Such talks are typically wide-ranging—Cook's talk at the same event last year covered topics including quarterly earnings, Apple TV, and his then-still-recent succession of Steve Jobs.
That talk was notable, however, for Cook's commitment to improve working conditions at Apple's worldwide chain of suppliers, in the face of burgeoning controversy. “No one in our industry is doing more to improve working conditions than Apple,” Cook told attendees at the February 2012 Goldman Sachs conference. “We are constantly auditing facilities, going deep into the supply chain, looking for problems, finding problems, and fixing problems. And we report everything because we believe that transparency is so very important in this area.”
Since then, however, the focus of attention has shifted somewhat. Apple saw its Mac computer sales decline dramatically in its 2012 fourth quarter report, and faced renewed questions over whether some of its lines—including, especially, the iPad—are cannibalizing sales from more lucrative products.
Editor note: The reality is that the iPad is often purchased by people who would otherwise purchased a non-Apple product in the form of a Windows operated computer, net book or laptop. The other reality is that these newly obtained customers are more likely to purchase additional Apple products after having purchased either an iPad or iPhone.

Jailbreaking Your iOS 6.0 - 6.1 Device with the Untethered evasi0n Tool

To start the jailbreak, you'll need to:

Download the app specific to your device from evasi0n.com (If the site is lagging, you can download it from the alternative sites).

Connect your device to your Linux, Mac or PC.

Launch the evasi0n app.

Click on the Jailbreak button.

Keep an eye on the evasi0n app, it will show you what to do along the way.

Halfway through the jailbreak process, the app will notify you to tap on the evasi0n jailbreak icon that should now be downloaded on your device.

The process will then continue, taking about 5 minutes in total.

Your device will then restart (a couple of times is normal).

Your device should now be jailbroken!

Open your device, click on Cydia (on one of Homescreens)

Cydia will create the Filesystem on the first load and reboot the device.

When the device boots up, open and launch Cydia again. Select "User" from the choices.

Click on the "Changes" button on the bottom of the screen (center).

Allow it to update and look for an update to the evasion 6.x Untether app. Install the update.

Search Cydia for apps and tweaks or search the Sections area to see the full potential of your Apple device!

I suggest you never install anything with doing an investigation first or having been advised to add the app or tweak by someone you trust.

Watch Youtube video and learn what types of apps and tweaks are appropriate or recommended for your device.

Note: Jailbreaking your device voids the warranty, so be warned! You need to RESTORE your device on your computer before taking the device into an Apple store or authorized dealer.

evasi0n - iOS 6.x Jailbreak was released today!

The evasi0n - iOS 6.x Jailbreak was released today.  It has clients that run on the latest MAc, Windows and Linux. More information to follow as I Jailbreak my devices.

Compatible with all iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models running iOS 6.0 through 6.1

Requirements

• 5 minutes of your time!
• A computer, running Windows (XP minimum), Mac OS X (10.5 minimum) or Linux (x86 / x86_64)
• An iPhone, iPad or iPod running iOS 6.0 through 6.1 (you may check in Settings / General / About => Version)
• A USB cable to connect the device to the computer

Important! Read me!

• Backup your device using iTunes (or iCloud) before using evasi0n. If something breaks, you'll always be able to recover your data.
• Please disable the lock passcode of your iOS device before using evasi0n. It can cause issues.
• Avoid all iOS and iTunes related tasks until evasi0n is complete. Why not just enjoy a brief break from the computer to stretch your legs?
• If the process gets stuck somewhere, it's safe to restart the program, reboot the device (if necessary by holding down Power and Home until it shuts down), and rerun the process.
• If you get an error on OS X 10.8 saying that evasi0n can't be opened, control-click (or right-click) the app and on the revealed context menu, choose 'Open.' On the ensuing dialogue box, choose 'Open' as well.

Visit http://www.evasi0n.com

Tutorial: My Experiences with Gridlee for iOS - Installing ROM into Gridlee

Update (03/01/13): Apple pulled Gridlee from the AppStore.

Gridlee, it is an awesome app! My iPad 3 is Jailbroken and I could have added iMame4all previously  but I hadn't until after Gridlee.  Gridlee is better. It allows you to turn on cheats and even save individual game progress. The following information is for information and educational purposes. I do not support nor encourage pirating of software.  For this lesson, you will need an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch; a computer and Internet access. Everything mentioned below can be found easily with a google search, I am proving my experiences.

Before you go any further, go to the AppStore and download Gridlee to your device. Once Apple removes it from the AppStore, you will not be able to get it without Jailbreaking your device.

Gridlee is a single game that is played through what is called a MAME emulator. Wikipedia provides this explanation, "MAME (an acronym of Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms. The intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten. The aim of MAME is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines; the ability to actually play the games is considered "a nice side effect"."

So the side effect of Gridlee is that you can play other games in addition to the Gridlee app. With only Gridlee loaded, the MAME emulator will automatically launch the Gridlee game.  It is important that you launch the game on your iOS device before proceeding; otherwise the Documents folder will be empty.

In the normal mode, you will have a coin button, start button, directional pad and fire button.

Exit the Gridlee app and then kill the process. Do a fast double click on the iOS device's Home button to bring up the multitask bar. Press and hold on the Gridlee app icon to make it wiggle. MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE MULTITASK AREA. DOING THIS IN THE NORMAL APP AREA WILL RESULT IN DELETING THE APP.

Tap the "x" on "-" to close the app.

You want to make sure the app does not show up in the Multitask bar any longer.

The Gridlee game is not much fun at all; the fun begins when you add additional ROM files. Per Wikipedia, "A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board. The term is frequently used in the context of emulation, whereby older games or computer firmware are copied to ROM files on modern computers and can, using a piece of software known as an emulator, be run on the newer computer."

ROMs are simple to add to the iOS device by using the free iFunBox application that is available for both the Windows or Mac OS computers. For this lesson, I will demonstrate with the Mac OS version of iFunBox.

iFunBox utilizes the File-sharing feature of iOS to allow transferring of ROM files to the device. File-sharing is a method introduced by Apple in iOS 3.2 that renders the files contained in the app (in its “Documents” folder) accessible. In order to access the data (and thus exchange files with the app) users should have their device connected to iTunes using the 30-pin USB connection cable or Lightening cable. So in a nutshell, we need to copy a ROM file into the Documents folder of the Gridlee app.

Go to http://www.i-funbox.com/ and download the application for your platform (Windows or Mac).

Simply install the application and launch it. Once installed, attach the sync cable between your computer and iOS device. Your device will be shown on the iFunBox screen.

Click on "User Applications" from the menu selections on the left.  The center screen will display all of the apps on your iOS device. The list will be short or large depending on how many apps you have on your device. Use the slide ruler on the right, if you have a lot of apps.

Depending on your view selection, you may see a list or a grid of app. Either way, simply double click on the Gridlee link or icon.

You will need to double click on the "Documents" folder.

Now double click on the "Roms" folder.

The only file in this folder will be the Gridlee app.

This is the place that you will drag any ROM file into. ROM files are zipped files. Note above that the roms folder holds a file called gridlee.zip. A zip is a file format used for data compression and archiving. A zip file contains one or more files that have been compressed, to reduce file size, or stored as is. The zip file format permits a number of compression algorithms. The format was originally created in 1989 by Phil Katz, and was first implemented in PKWARE's PKZIP utility, as a replacement for the previous ARC compression format by Thom Henderson. The zip format is now supported by many software utilities other than PKZIP. Microsoft has included built-in zip support (under the name "compressed folders") in versions of Microsoft Windows since 1998. Apple has included built-in zip support in Mac OS X 10.3 (via BOMArchiveHelper, now Archive Utility) and later.

You do not have to unzip the ROM file. You simply need to add it to the rom folder inside Gridlee's Documents folder in its compressed form.

Where do you find ROM files? Well I am not sure you want to cross this line. Are you a pirate?

From the ROM image Copyright section of WikiPedia, you'll find this information:


"In some countries, it is legal for an individual to personally make backup copies of a game they own. Individuals may make backup copies for various reasons, perhaps as insurance against losing the game or as redundancy in the event that the original game's medium becomes unreadable. See the section on ROMs and Preservation.

However, in the U.S. it has been illegal since 1983 for a user to create their own backups of video game ROMs onto other cartridges. This was decided in the court case of Atari v. JS&A. JS&A manufactured a "game backup" device that allowed users to dump their Atari ROMs onto a blank cartridge. JS&A argued that the archival rule allowed for this. The court disagreed, noting that ROM media was not subject to the same volatility as magnetic media (for which the law was created). Thus, not being so relatively vulnerable, ROMs were not applicable under section 17 USC 117(a)

Chuck Cochems has put forth the argument that copying a legitimate item of software specifically for personal use with an emulator is legally justifiable under principles established by the Sony v. Universal ruling, particularly with regard to personal use being favorable towards justification under the fair use doctrine.

Some games companies, such as Nintendo, print warnings inside their game manuals that they do not allow users to make backup or archival copies. Whether or not these warnings in this specific form can be considered valid contracts is legally questionable. For an overview of relevant issues, see user agreement (EULA), shrink wrap contract, clickwrap, Fair Use, Fair Dealing and DMCA.

ROM images may be directly licensed by the rights holder. For example, Atari once made a number of their original arcade games available in ROM format which is compatible with the MAME emulator through the online ROM retailer Star ROMs. Nintendo provides a service on their 7th generation console, the Wii, that allows players to purchase old games from various systems, such as the NES, which will download a ROM image and emulator upon purchase (see Virtual Console). This is similar to the PlayStation Store re-releases of games for the original PlayStation for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable, and the Xbox Live Arcade's re-release of many old video games such as the original Sonic the Hedgehog for the Xbox 360.

The vast majority of computer and video games from the history of such games are no longer manufactured. As such, the copyright holders of some games have offered free licenses to those games, often on the condition that they be used for non-commercial purposes only. For example, fourteen of the games emulated in MAME, including Gridlee and Robby Roto, have been made available under such licenses and are distributed by the MAME project."


Finding ROMs that work is the toughest part of the puzzle.

There are many things that should discourage you from messing with the Gridlee game for iOS. There are ROM or emulator legality or piracy issues plus many games will not work.  This is not an app that most people will be willing to use. I suggest you follow that path as well. If you have ROMs that you legally own or can find some that are legally available to you outside the United States AND you are willing to deal with the hassles that may be encountered - Please proceed.

Once you have a ROM, here is what you need to do. You simply need to drag the zip file into the roms folder.

Now launch Gridlee on the iOS device again. Now the Gridlee game will not launch automatically, but rather you will be presented with a list of available games.

Notice the the Night Slasher game is in the list. Use the Joystick to highlight the game and press the "B" Red Button (Top Most Button). Notice that the Joystick is different than it was when only the Gridlee game existed. Also notice that this game as an additional red button. This number will change based on the game you are playing.

Also notice that you have new transparent buttons in the top right and left corners. You now have an Exit and Options button, in addition to the Coin and Start button that existed within the original Gridlee app.

Add some credits with the Coin button and then press the Start button to launch the game.

Use the Joystick and buttons to play the game. Press the Exit button to exit the game.

So that is how you add games to the Gridlee app. In the course of adding games, you will encounter many things:

• Some games will not even show up in the games list after dragging them to the iFunbox app.
• Some will show up, but simply not work at all. 
• Many ROMs will display the following error, "The selected game is missing one or more required ROM or CHD images. Please select a different game. Press any key to continue."  When this is encountered, you may find the same file on another site that WILL work. OR if they are NeoGeo files, they will work with the fix below.
• You may also find that a particular title just isn't available in the format required to work on the iOS software.
• Some games will load, but be too slow to be of any good.
• Some games will not be available for your country.
• Some games will have copycat or clone versions

When you discover that a game does not work, you show immediately delete it from the Gridlee app's  \Documents\Roms folder. Especially the game that do NOT show up in the list at all.

You may also delete the games, that all show up in the games list, from within the Gridlee app itself.

Some ROMs are NeoGeo formatted ROMS and will get the same CHD error from above. You need to copy two zips into the roms folder for some of these ROMs to work. You need the new NewGeo files and the Old NeoGeo files. The two will show up in your games list as Neo-Geo; just ignore it - don't click on it. The games that need it, like Metal Slug 5, will use it automatically. These games might have (NGM) as part of the ROM name or description.

Here is a sample list of ROMs you might encounter.

When I tried to install "The King of Fighters 2002" and "Metal Slug 3" without the above NeoGeo files, I received the "The selected game is missing one or more required ROM or CHD images. Please select a different game. Press any key to continue." error. Once I added the two NeoGeo zipped files, they worked fine. 

If you still have problem with CHD files after installing the NewGeo files, I would just avoid the CHD related ROMS because it is almost impossible to pair the right ROM file with the right CHD file. If you want to try some out you can match the ROM zips with the ROM CHD files from the edgeemu.net site: MAME ROMS and CHDs. The ROM file is moved to iFunBox as it; however, the CHD file must be unzipped and the directory dragged into iFunbox.

I tested the "Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future files from the above links and it takes a long time to load the files. It stated that it will be 21 minutes and 38 seconds to complete the loading process. It took about 120 minutes. This was the initial launch. Once this game launched, the game was very slow. It was not playable in this condition. I was hoping this was a one time process, but it wasn't. Each time this game was loaded, it wanted to redo the process again.  The message this time said that it would take 70 minutes to rewrite the game.  Again, I would just stay away from the games that require CHD files. There are enough "Good" ROMs available to use without incident.


Others ROMs work, but require you to do a soft reset of the ROM inside of Gridlee.  These games, like Defender, Stargate and Joust require you to perform a "Soft Reset" before you can play them for the first time. Once the ROM is launched and completed the screen updates, press the "Coin" and "Start" button at the same time to pull up the "System Menu".  Navigate to the "Soft Reset" item with the joystick and press the red "B" button. Exit both menu when complete.

There is not one ROM site that have only "Good" ROMs. Each site will offer some ROMs that don't work; however, I have had the best success rate with ROMs from the RomHustler site, the second site with moderate success is Rom-World.com.

Again, I have over 80 "Good" ROMs that work just fine on Gridlee. There are games that will load, like "Virtual Fighter", but will be too slow to be worth playing with. "Punch Out" will load, but it only shows the top of the screen with the status updates. It apparently it is a game that has two screen; it never shows the lower screen with the actual fighters. You can push the buttons blindly and observe the energy bar decrease for each fighter. This game is to be avoided.

The games will operate as normal after doing this once per game.

You may notice in the same "System Menu", there is a "Cheat" option. Use this put the games in a user favorable advantage. These cheats reset after exiting the ROM or by re-entering the "Cheat" menu to reset all. The cheat options are different for each game; finally we can see how some of these "quarter eating" game end!

Not all ROMs will work.

I have loaded over 80 ROMs on the iPad 1, iPad 2 and iPad 3 without incident.  The iPad 1 showed a minor lag on some game, but not a stop stopper. I did have one Jailbroken iPad 1 user that had to disable the "Springtomize" settings before the game would perform properly; for example, Mario's feet would not animate on the Donkey Kong game. Mario would simply glide across the screen. Once Springtomize was disabled, Mario's feet would animate again. This worked on an iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s and iPhone 5; however, the iPhone 3G was too sluggish to be of much good.

One tip for navigating the game list or menu items, is to not touch the red joystick knob, but tap or hold the area above or below the red knob. Pretend there is an invisible arrowheads in the areas above, below and to the left and right of the red knob.  This is help to know when playing games like Ms. Pac Man (tap the invisible arrows "just before" a turn instead of waiting until you get to the turn.

Some of the games play very well on Gridlee's MAME emulator. It was fun to experience some of the arcade games that I played during my childhood. For this, my experience with Gridlee was very fond.

If you are interested, you may download the Gridlee from the AppStore for iPad or iPhone.

This is so cool, I just might have to get a ION iCade Arcade Cabinet for iPad. This cabinet will turn your iPad into an arcade machine.

UPDATE: I did get the iCade cabinet (Here is the video):

Not so adventurous? Well you can get your arcade on with the Midway Arcade Free app which includes the coin-op hit JOUST plus 4 arcade favorites: Air Hockey, Arcade Basketball, Pool and Roll Ball.

Enjoy your favorite Midway classics from the golden age of arcade gaming - without having to scavenge the couch for quarters! The Midway Arcade paid version INCLUDES 10 GAMES!!!! Spy Hunter, Rampage, Joust, RootBeer Tapper, Defender and Arch Rivals. Plus 4 Arcade favorites: Air Hockey, Arcade Basketball, Pool, and Roll Ball.

Here are the iPhone versions (free or paid)

Don't have a computer? See how to add ROMS without a computer.


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Carl Brooks
Editor, iAmThereforeiPad.com

Apple Increases iPad with Retina Display to 128GB

Offers Twice the Storage Capacity to Create & Enjoy Even More Incredible Content

CUPERTINO, California―January 29, 2013―Apple® today announced a 128GB* version of the fourth generation iPad® with Retina® display. The 128GB iPad with Wi-Fi and iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular models provide twice the storage capacity of the 64GB models to hold even more valuable content including photos, documents, projects, presentations, books, movies, TV shows, music and apps.

“With more than 120 million iPads sold, it’s clear that customers around the world love their iPads, and every day they are finding more great reasons to work, learn and play on their iPads rather than their old PCs,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “With twice the storage capacity and an unparalleled selection of over 300,000 native iPad apps, enterprises, educators and artists have even more reasons to use iPad for all their business and personal needs.”

iPad continues to have a significant impact on business with virtually all of the Fortune 500 and over 85 percent of the Global 500 currently deploying or testing iPad. Companies regularly utilizing large amounts of data such as 3D CAD files, X-rays, film edits, music tracks, project blueprints, training videos and service manuals all benefit from having a greater choice of storage options for iPad. The over 10 million iWork® users, and customers who rely on other incredible apps like Global Apptitude for analyzing team film and creating digital playbooks, Auria for an incredible 48 track recording system, or AutoCAD for drafting architectural and engineering drawings, also benefit greatly from having the choice of an iPad with more storage capacity.

“Our AutoCAD WS app for iOS was designed to give customers seamless access to their designs anywhere, anytime,” said Amy Bunszel, vice president of AutoCAD products for Autodesk. “These files are often large and highly detailed so having the thin and light iPad with its Multitouch display, integrated camera and all-day battery life, is a real advantage for iPad users to view, edit and share their AutoCAD data.”

“The features and capabilities of iPad give us the ability to set a new standard for multitrack recording and editing on a mobile device,” said Rim Buntinas, WaveMachine Labs’ CEO. “Users of the Auria app can play 48 mono or stereo 24bit/96 kHz tracks simultaneously, record up to 24 of those tracks simultaneously, and also edit and mix with familiar tools. With its portability and all-day battery life, iPad has revolutionized recording for audio professionals allowing artists to record anywhere.”

“The bottom line for our customers is winning football games, and iPad running our GamePlan solution unquestionably helps players be as prepared as possible,” said Randall Fusee, Global Apptitude Co-Founder. “The iPad’s unbeatable combination of security, being thin and light, having an incredible Retina display and also being powerful enough to handle large amounts of data enables us to deliver a product that takes film study to a new level and ultimately gives our users the best opportunity to prepare, execute and win.”

The fourth generation iPad features a gorgeous 9.7-inch Retina display, Apple-designed A6X chip, FaceTime® HD camera, iOS 6.1 and ultrafast wireless performance**. iOS 6.1 includes support for additional LTE networks around the world***, and iTunes Match℠ subscribers can download individual songs to their iOS devices from iCloud®.

iPad runs over 800,000 apps available on the App Store℠, including more than 300,000 apps designed specifically for iPad, from a wide range of categories including books, games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. iPad also supports the more than 5,000 newspapers and magazines offered in Newsstand, and the more than 1.5 million books available on the iBookstore℠.

Pricing & Availability
The new 128GB versions of the fourth generation iPad will be available starting Tuesday, February 5, in black or white, for a suggested retail price of $799 (US) for the iPad with Wi-Fi model and $929 (US) for the iPad with Wi-Fi + Cellular model. All versions of the 128GB iPad will be sold through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com), Apple retail stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

*1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
**Network speeds are dependent on carrier networks. Check with your carrier for details.
*** Information about LTE carriers can be found at www.apple.com/ipad/LTE.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.